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Emissions in the Supply Chain: Tracking Scopes 1, 2 and 3

The supply chain provides significant opportunities to improve a company’s sustainability efforts. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that more than 75% of an organization’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions stem from its supply chains, underscoring the significant opportunities for improvement.

Corporate responsibility, customer expectations and regulatory requirements have shippers examining their direct and indirect emissions, especially as they relate to logistics and transportation.

Types of Scope Emissions

There are three categories of GHG emissions: Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3. Each scope represents a different source of emissions, ranging from emissions created as part of a direct operation to emissions from services and suppliers.

Scope 1 Emissions: Direct Emissions From Controlled Operations

Scope 1 emissions are direct GHG emissions from sources that a company owns or controls. For shippers, this includes emissions from company-owned vehicles and equipment. Emissions from warehouse operations, such as gas-powered forklifts, are also part of Scope 1.

Scope 2 Emissions: Indirect Emissions From Purchased Energy

Scope 2 emissions are indirect, deriving from an organization’s purchase of electricity. While these emissions happen at the energy provider’s site, they are tied to the company’s operations because they depend on the energy.

Scope 3 Emissions: Indirect Emissions From Upstream and Downstream Activities

Scope 3 emissions encompass all other indirect emissions in the company’s upstream and downstream value chain. This includes emissions associated with suppliers, transportation providers and end users. Scope 3 is often the largest and most complex to manage. However, because Scope 3 sources may represent most of an organization’s GHG emissions, they often provide the strongest emissions reduction opportunities.

Emissions Reporting

Many companies are proactively providing information about their emissions even without government requirements. The Governance and Accountability Institute found that in 2023, sustainability reporting hit record levels as U.S. public companies prepared for mandated disclosure. In 2023, 99% of the S&P 500 companies published sustainability reports or disclosures, up from 20% in 2011.

The EPA has created a GHG inventory development process to help companies quantify and track emissions. The four steps include:

  1. Reviewing accounting standards and methods, determining organizational and operational boundaries, and choosing a base year
  2. Collecting data and quantifying GHG emissions
  3. Developing a GHG Inventory Management Plan to formalize data collection procedures
  4. Setting a GHG emission reduction target and tracking and reporting progress

The demand for increased transparency around emissions is expected to create new responsibilities for a company’s chief financial officer. As companies quantify their carbon output, CFOs, sitting at the intersection of strategy, reporting and resource allocation, are in an ideal position to ensure that carbon management initiatives align with their company’s strategic and compliance needs.

According to McKinsey and Company, businesses can reduce costs associated with decarbonization by zeroing in on their most important emissions drivers and investing in more accurate and granular data to inform discussions with suppliers.

Opportunities To Reduce Scope 3 GHG Emissions

Shippers are increasingly adjusting their supply chains to better align with their environmental goals, and a survey from EY found that eight of 10 supply chain executives are investigating sustainable transportation practices.

There are several strategies companies can use to reduce supply chain emissions, which include the following:

Improve Routing

Optimizing transportation routes can reduce fuel use, but optimization goes beyond finding the most direct route between two points. There may be opportunities to reduce mileage by adjusting delivery windows, consolidating orders across days of the week, determining the optimal sequence of stops on multi-stop routes or changing the trailer size.

Optimize the Network

Focusing on the entire network, including the planning and design of manufacturing, warehousing or distribution facilities, as well as transportation routes, can create significant sustainability gains. Network design should consider site selection, mode selection, routing, utilization and more to shrink the carbon footprint of freight operations and reduce waste.

Utilize Backhauls

Eliminating empty miles by utilizing backhauls ensures all miles are productive, which maximizes fuel use and capacity and ultimately results in fewer trucks on the road.

Increase Visibility

Having visibility into inventory and transportation can help companies make tactical, data-driven decisions quickly, increasing efficiency. Examples include sourcing inventory from the ideal location to eliminate unnecessary miles or getting ahead of supply chain disruptions before they become more significant issues that lead to increased miles or expedited air freight.

Consolidate Shipments

A shared network provides an alternative to less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments coupled with dedicated transportation that combines freight loads from multiple shippers going to a shared geographic area. Shared dedicated transportation networks can boost efficiency and sustainability by reducing miles and minimizing freight handling.

Use Energy-Efficient Warehouses

An energy-efficient warehouse can cut operational costs while improving sustainability. Using LED lighting, motion-activated lights and temperature controls can all decrease energy consumption and emissions. There may also be opportunities to use renewable energy within a warehouse.

Choose Suppliers Wisely

The EPA’s Supply Chain Guidance advises companies to strategically choose which suppliers to engage. The EPA has also developed several voluntary programs that companies can use when selecting partners. For example, SmartWay assists companies in advancing supply chain sustainability by measuring, benchmarking and improving freight transportation efficiency, empowering companies to make strategic and sustainable choices.

Contact us to learn more about how Penske can help you track, quantify and reduce emissions in your supply chain.

Omnichannel Fulfillment for Food Logistics

E-commerce, growth in the omnichannel and a proliferation of products mean that today's consumers are more demanding than ever. Not only are they looking for a wider variety of product choices, but they also expect those products to be in stock, whether they're shopping online or at their local grocery store.

What's more, technology means consumers have an increased number of purchasing options and can take advantage of an always-on shopping experience for items ranging from socks to macaroni and cheese.

All of this is placing added pressure on shippers and their supply chain partners. Logistics providers are working to ensure success by utilizing route optimization, incentivized scheduling, and real-time electronic tracking and communication. As a result, the $1.45 trillion logistics industry is experiencing growth.

Omnichannel Fulfillment

Within the omnichannel sector, Penske helps customers plan, design and run fulfillment centers.

We use sophisticated supply chain modeling tools and our engineering know-how to design complex transportation networks. We're able to optimize routing to reduce cycle times and improve customer service so that, ultimately, we can drive down costs for our customers.

Managing the Warehouse

Today's supply chain partners are moving products from the manufacturer to the end user faster than ever. What happens within the walls of a warehouse is a crucial component of speeding deliveries, managing inventories and controlling costs.

Because consumers have more choices than ever, logistics and warehouse providers need to deal with an increasing number of SKUs while also being able to pick and pack them quickly and track where they are going.

Dave Bushee, senior vice president of logistics technology for Penske Logistics, said the key to success can be communicating with customers to understand when and how SKUs are changing and how to best manage them. "We work with our customers to manage SKUs, and it is one of the most difficult tasks that many manufacturers and retailers have," he said.

Bushee said Penske works diligently with customers to identify new SKUs, which ideally will be done well ahead of when the new merchandise arrives in the warehouse. "We try to work with our customer to identify SKUs, capture the relevant information and make recommendations. Then we do the necessary work to receive it, slot it, pick it and ship it in the appropriate manner."

Slotting Product Properly

Once Penske knows new SKUs are coming, the warehouse team works to determine the best way to store the product. "You want to use the least amount of labor to move that product from receipt to the pick," Bushee said. "You're constantly trying to be efficient and maximize the number of picks that an associate can do within a facility."

Penske engineers assess how much the warehouse will hold and how the product will be picked — either by the case or individually. The process can sometimes be done in as little as a day.

Examining the Velocity

For all products within the warehouse, particularly perishable grocery items, Bushee said velocity matters, as do packaging dimensions. Once the product is in the warehouse, Penske examines data on how often the SKUs are moving. "You're constantly looking at the velocity of the SKUs and then re-engineering your warehouse to match that," Bushee said.

Tracking Each SKU

Warehouse management systems provide the opportunity to track a product from receipt to pick, which is becoming increasingly important, particularly to grocers, Bushee said. Through its warehouse management systems, Penske can track products down to the SKU, which can be useful in the event of a recall.

"It is a configuration within the WMS, and you can determine how you want to track it," Bushee said. "The parameters are dictated by our customer."

Adjusting on the Fly

The proliferation of SKUs and the rapid pace at which they can change also adds to the need for warehouses to be nimble. Bushee said it is common to adjust the slotting location within the warehouse based on the season, upcoming promotions or ahead of supply chain disruptions. "We work with our customers to ensure we can handle the volume and to make sure product gets where it needs to go," Bushee said.

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Case Study: Streamline Transportation Management

A leading provider of beverages and food products headquartered in the Southeast offers a broad portfolio of beverages including water, soda, sports drinks and more. Known for their innovation and growth, the company manages more than 1,000 beverage SKUs and manufactures nearly a billion units each year.

Seasonal demand and a complex supply chain have made their operations uniquely dynamic. The bottling industry is highly sensitive to seasonality, with demand peaking during the summer months from Memorial Day to Labor Day, referred to as “100 days of summer.” Major holidays and weather patterns further influence demand, requiring a responsive and adaptive supply chain strategy.

Initial Challenges

A long-time Penske Truck Leasing customer, the bottler initially leased hundreds of vehicles from Penske for their transportation needs. To enable scale during peak seasons, many drivers were leased or temporary. When the company began to experience a high driver accident rate that resulted in costly product losses and safety risks, they turned to Penske Logistics for solutions.

Transportation Management

The bottler was in need of reducing risk for their fleet operations but were concerned about maintaining the high level of service to their customers if they outsourced their transportation to Dedicated Contract Carriage (DCC). Penske Logistics performed an operational assessment to evaluate their operations and proposed a solution to outsource a complicated portion of their transportation between manufacturing and the distribution center. The bottler opted to maintain transportation from distribution centers to their customers at retail stores.

Penske Logistics converted their private fleet to DCC for routes into distribution centers, reducing accidents and ensuring safer, more reliable deliveries.

Additionally, the peak weeks required a significant increase in trucking capacity, nearly double the normal volume. Recognizing these challenges, Penske implemented solutions to improve fleet utilization and transportation efficiency, reduce risks and implement technology to improve planning and forecasting.

Penske’s agile approach ensures scalability, deploying additional trucks and drivers to meet demand while maintaining seamless operations during off-peak periods.

Managing Seasonal Fluctuations

Before partnering with Penske Logistics, the bottler utilized a broker model to meet demand during peak seasons. This method led to unpredictable costs as there was a lack of load visibility, contracted rates, on-time deliveries and oversight beforehand.

The bottler found that a multi-service model like Penske Logistics — which combines truck leasing and maintenance for final-mile deliveries fleet, dedicated contract carriage to efficiently handle their complex delivery network and freight management (FM) for overflow — would allow the bottler to flex as needed during high-demand periods, ensuring uninterrupted movement of goods.

Utilizing support from Penske Logistics’ vast and reliable carrier network, the bottler found flexibility and cost savings, reduced exposure to volatile spot market rates, and other benefits, and was even able to upgrade their franchises to regional hubs when the company began experiencing exponential growth.

Penske’s tailored solutions and commitment to excellence have been instrumental in supporting their continued success.

Customized Technological Integration

Beverage retail is a highly competitive industry with more choices for consumers than ever before and counting. The bottler realized that they needed to improve their technology systems to operate efficiently and gain a competitive advantage. They struggled with implementation, managing yard operations, monitoring KPIs and tracking transportation spend. The bottler’s preference for tailored solutions led Penske Logistics to implement technologies and develop custom dashboards for more operational visibility.

Dock Scheduler

Transitioning from a manual whiteboard system to a dock scheduler provided real-time updates, streamlining operations across 10 franchise locations and outside carriers.

KPI Dashboard

Penske Logistics developed a Business Intelligence dashboard for the bottler, enabling them to track key performance indicators and make data-driven decisions. The bottler’s core operating team at Penske Logistics analyzes this data in weekly roundtables and monthly reviews.

Financial Reporting

Penske Logistics also developed an annual business forecast, submitting a detailed budget each November to guide financial planning. Monthly reviews are held to compare actual versus projected expenses across billing groups, ensuring cost transparency and identifying key financial impacts.

Geographic Cost Tracking

Monitoring cost-per-case metrics across 200 business segments provides precise costs to determine pricing. These advancements have improved efficiency and aligned operations with the bottler’s business goals, such as portfolio diversification and enhanced value.

Measurable Impact

Since the inception of this partnership, the bottler has experienced substantial growth, scaling from 25 drivers to 135 and covering over 11 million miles annually. Penske’s ability to flex resources during peak periods has driven efficiency and cost savings, supporting the bottler’s growth and diversification goals. By shifting from reactive brokerage systems to proactive, integrated solutions, Penske has reduced risks, improved safety and optimized costs, leading to a measurable impact on the bottler’s operations.

Looking Ahead

With a shared focus on innovation, growth and value, the partnership exemplifies how tailored logistics solutions can drive success in even the most complex industries.

As the bottler continues to diversify its portfolio and expand its reach, Penske remains a steadfast partner, offering strategic guidance and operational excellence. The trust and collaboration between Penske and the bottler are cornerstones of their long-term success, which led to a recently renewed five-year contract.

To learn how Penske can help your business achieve its goals, contact us.

Healthcare and Medical Supplies

Traceability That Ensures Quality and Safety

We understand how important product quality and chain of custody are in the healthcare industry. At Penske, we ensure product quality through e-pedigree and real-time track and trace capabilities to provide product traceability through the entire supply chain.

Improve Service, Reduce Costs

We make sure you are equipped with the right medical products at the right time. We optimize efficiency in order management and delivery operations, enabling you to deliver the best service while decreasing operational costs.

Meet Critical Demands in Less Time

We can help you avoid supply chain congestion and synchronize your operations with demand, keeping your logistics network optimized.

Improve Process Efficiency

We reduce the time and manpower required to order, track, deliver, and stock medical products by identifying and resolving inefficiencies to meet time-sensitive delivery goals critical to human health.

Reduce Unnecessary Inventory

Our JIT systems, facilities network, medical logistics technology, and transport and warehousing services allow you to have the right amount of product at the right time — no more, no less — for optimized medical supply inventory control.

Achieve Supply Chain Visibility

Our services and technologies track all activity—from supplier ordering to product delivery — allowing you to gain control of your supply chain by:

  • Monitoring order and delivery status
  • Resolving potential roadblocks
  • Reducing costly inefficiencies

Industrial Manufacturing

Supply Chain and Logistics for Manufacturing

Maintaining product quality and timely delivery in a global and digital marketplace, while meeting ever-changing customer expectations, is a constant challenge. With rising labor costs and unpredictable freight and fuel prices, production costs threaten to spin out of control. Penske can work with supply chain operations to address your challenges as a manufacturer.

We work with the world's leading manufacturing companies to reduce costs, drive change, and instill discipline and process excellence within their supply chains, warehouses and distribution networks.

With an expansive freight network of distribution facilities, cross-docks, manufacturing plants, remote domiciles and supplier locations throughout North America, South America and Europe, Penske Logistics can help you:

  • Control costs
  • Apply processes that drive positive change
  • Improve supply chain strategy
  • Adapt to rapid change
  • Streamline material flow
  • Work across borders with ease
  • Use technology to gain a competitive advantage
  • Elevate safety, quality and efficiency

IT Solutions for the Manufacturing Industry

In the manufacturing industry, the ability to gain visibility and keep track of inventory has never been more important. Penske Logistics can help you harness the power of your data with our ClearChain® Technology Suite. Driven by decades of industry knowledge and tier-one industry-leading platforms, ClearChain provides visibility, enhances supply chain optimization, drives business results and keeps operations moving

Manage and Monitor Your Manufacturing Supply Chain

We employ warehouse management systems, transportation management tracking, pick-up verification and point-of-pickup confirmations. Additionally, our expertise in international transportation management facilitates imports and exports of cross-border shipments

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Automotive Logistics Solutions

Award-Winning Auto Logistics Solutions

Penske Logistics is ranked as one of the 100 Great Supply Chain Partners by Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies magazine, and Global Logistics Supplier of the Year. Let us show you how our winning strategies can streamline your automotive supply chain and maximize efficiency.

With decades of industry experience working with leading automakers and tier-one suppliers from around the globe, Penske Logistics can help you:

  • Improve the product development cycle for a successful launch
  • Drive dynamic automotive supply chain solutions
  • Achieve record savings

Apply Industry-Tailored IT Solutions

We deliver customizable IT solutions to meet specific service requirements and develop custom networks addressing your service and cost concerns.

Manage and Monitor Your Automotive Supply Chain

We employ warehouse management systems, transportation management tracking, pick-up verification and point-of-pickup confirmations. Our expertise in regional and international transportation management facilitates imports and exports of cross-border shipments with international suppliers.

Consumer Products Logistics

Exceed Retailer Expectations

Penske Logistics becomes an extension of your company to handle all kinds of goods — from home furnishings and appliances to fresh foods, packaged consumables, beverages and more. We deliver the business results you expect by making sure your goods arrive on time, undamaged and in the correct quantities.

  • Penske optimizes ordering, picking, loading, unloading and transportation operations.
  • Third-party logistics services and technologies track all activity, from supplier compliance and ordering to product delivery.

Reduce Sourcing Costs

We evaluate alternatives and explore shared service models to reduce costs by shipping commingled freight on the same truck.

Improve Process Efficiency

Penske's consumer packaged goods logistics solutions maximize resources and capabilities by resolving inefficiencies.

Achieve Supply Chain Visibility

We evaluate the need for your network to support peak seasonal volume and show you possible redesigns that minimize the impact on transportation costs.

Streamline Material Flow

We use dedicated fleet and transportation management services to help you reduce inbound and outbound transportation costs through route and network optimization.

Food and Beverage Logistics

Fresh, On-time Delivery and Cold Storage Solutions … Every Time

When you need a reliable logistics and supply chain partner to help plan your daily operations, trust the experts at Penske. Every day we help our food and beverage customers solve the supply and delivery challenges unique to daily staples like milk, bread and eggs. From product pickup through delivery, Penske provides:

  • A temperature-controlled supply chain (uninterrupted cold chain for both fleet and warehousing)
  • Flexible vendor pickups and just-in-time delivery
  • Sophisticated equipment tracking and visibility
  • An understanding of store and vendor requirements
  • Delivery coordination between vendors, DC and stores
  • Local sourcing of the freshest products

We Keep the Cold Chain Moving

Our approach is simple. Our routing tools and industry knowledge allow us to engineer distribution networks that exceed our customers' expectations. By helping to reduce miles and time, you'll get the benefit of delivering a fresher product.

When you need to deliver the freshest food and beverage products daily, partner with the experts who know your business as well as you do.

Retail Logistics

Retail Supply Chain Management Helps Keep Your Shelves Stocked

Retailers face continued supply chain challenges as well as a shift in consumer expectations and purchasing habits. Staying on top of the ups and downs of retail, while keeping your shelves stocked and your supply chain moving can be hard. Penske's retail logistics services can be your differentiator — cutting costs, helping you serve your customers better, improving inventory management and making you more competitive.

The Advantage of Experience

We have experience serving the delivery and retail supply chain management needs of leading major stores in all sizes and configurations, from big box to convenience. And our end-to-end retail supply chain solutions provide control and visibility in this complex and demanding industry. With Penske, you also get:

  • The latest technology to improve efficiency and keep supply chains moving
  • Supply chain innovations to bring additional value to your business
  • A commitment to sustainability including vehicle electrification and sustainable business practices
  • A company recognized by industry leaders
  • Happy customers

Maximizing Service, Minimizing Cost

With industry knowledge and our routing tools, we engineer distribution networks that work for retail. More efficient routes and resource utilization tailored to the seasonal ups and downs of your product mix mean you'll improve service while keeping costs down.

Our Associates Make the Difference

Our well-trained and courteous drivers provide excellent customer service to stores and use the most-advanced technology available to monitor, track and trace products. Our seasoned management professionals apply best practices that Penske has developed over decades of proven service, and our team can help you stay responsive, flexible and competitive by optimizing supply chains, streamlining inventories and reducing transportation costs.

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Dedicated Contract Carriage

To compete in today's complex global economy, you must look for ways to improve efficiencies, without losing value, in every aspect of your business. One immediate change that can easily help you focus on your core competencies is outsourcing the management of your freight transportation to the experts at Penske.

What Is Dedicated Contract Carriage?

The Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP.org) defines dedicated contract carriage (also known as DCC) as a third-party service that dedicates equipment (vehicles) and drivers to a single customer for its exclusive use on a contractual basis. At Penske Logistics, we see dedicated contract carriage as a way for shippers to reduce costs, increase truck capacity and transfer liability. As a dedicated contract carriage provider, we may also take on white-glove responsibilities such as direct store delivery, front-door delivery, customer interaction, cross-docking and more.

The Benefits of Dedicated Contract Carriage

With Penske dedicated contract carriage, you don't have all the worries of fleet ownership, but you receive all the benefits: a safe, efficient fleet that's under your control; visibility to your shipments and deliveries; well-trained, professional drivers; continuous improvement that's measured and tracked; and much more. All this allows you to focus on the real concerns of your business and your customers. Penske's dedicated contract carriage solution relies on industry expertise, dedication to safety and cutting-edge transportation technology to deliver peak service performance, allowing you to surpass your business goals.

Recruiting and retaining drivers along with managing the complexities of running a fleet and staying current with regulations can cut into your time and profits. Penske dedicated contract carriage provides you with a fleet of trucks and well-trained drivers that we take care of. We'll even brand them for you. Penske covers 48 states and Canada and provides dedicated contract carriage service across industries, equipment types and uses. Some of the notable benefits of outsourcing to Penske include guaranteed capacity and the ability to alleviate driver management and truck maintenance concerns while establishing route optimization that saves valuable time and money.

Penske Dedicated Contract Carriage Benefits

Gain Access to Cross-Industry Experience

Penske has experience in a variety of industries: food and beverage, industrial manufacturing, automotive and retail, and others. We can also demonstrate transferrable skills that can adapt to your requirements. We understand your needs because we have experience working in your world. Learn more.

Improve Customer Service

You want to represent your company in the best way possible. Penske dedicated contract carriage seamlessly integrates into your organization and ultimately becomes an extension of your business. From driving trucks with your logo to wearing your uniform, a Penske dedicated contract carriage solution means we will represent your business in the same manner that you would.

We also help you give your customers the best service possible by giving you visibility into every delivery we make. With ClearChain®, you'll be able to rest assured that the parts you're waiting for are on their way or the order you sent is nearing its destination. ClearChain collects load data in several ways, so you can automatically receive alerts regarding shipments based on parameters you set. You can define how often you'd like updates, the type of updates you want (such as ship notifications or estimated time of arrival) and the preferred communication method. Learn more.

Drive Excellence With the Latest Technology

Penske uses advanced tools and state-of-the-art technology called ClearChain to create operational excellence and control within our dedicated contract carriage practice.

ClearChain is a comprehensive suite of optimization and operation tools that leverages best-in-class commercial software and integrates it with Penske's own applications. It provides key benefits in the areas of visibility, operational efficiency and productivity.

ClearChain captures GPS data on your loads and provides customized dashboards, so all vested parties are in the loop and know where your products are every step of the way. Not only will you have a clear picture of your operations, but we can also use that data to improve your productivity as well as make quick decisions, should a disruption occur.

Much of ClearChain's reporting is automated, which means no one has to wait for a driver to update the system. It utilizes a truck's electronic onboard recorder to monitor both engine and driver performance while a truck is in operation. It can communicate with the driver via tablet, smartphone or the web.

From fleet management to driver performance, ClearChain produces disciplined metrics management and ultimately enables continuous improvement, allowing you to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Learn more.

Improve Safety

Penske makes safety a priority. For drivers, Penske provides the tools they need to be successful. We also continuously invest in state-of-the-art safety componentry for our vehicles. This includes items such as adaptive cruise control, collision avoidance, disc brakes and LED headlights. Penske also routinely conducts a continuous evaluation of new safety products, ensuring that we are always up to date with the latest safety technology. Learn more.

Eliminate the Need To Buy and Maintain Your Fleet

Fleet ownership comes with the associated expenses of overhead, towing, taxes, washing, acquiring substitute vehicles, licensing and fuel, among other hard costs. And the longer you own a truck, the higher maintenance and repair costs will be. This includes givens like tires, oil changes and routine inspections. With dedicated contract carriage , Penske Logistics owns and maintains all of the vehicles in your fleet. That means we take care of keeping vehicles safe, compliant and on the road.

Easily Handle Fluctuations

Penske understands that the ability to meet spikes in demand can often make or break a business. We have the solutions to make certain your freight is delivered during both seasonal and unexpected surges. When demand surges, we are able to source additional Penske drivers and trucks. Our vast network of trucks and qualified drivers enables us to place resources where necessary to ensure your business is covered. Learn more.

Optimize Routing

Today, shippers require some degree of a customized solution to ensure both time and resources are used with maximum efficiency. Penske will fully customize a plan for your transportation needs, taking into consideration your market, your people and your schedule.

Complexities within the supply chain also increase the importance of route optimization. Penske doesn't just look at it as distributing from A to B. We look at the network and optimize it, and that applies to miles, drivers and assets. With ClearChain technology, we model scenarios that look at increasing efficiency by diversifying equipment or by making more frequent deliveries, etc. Learn more.

Outsource Recruiting and Retaining Qualified Drivers

Recruiting and retaining quality CDL drivers is a big challenge for any shipper. Penske has highly skilled, dedicated drivers, and all drivers receive year-round training and instruction to keep their driving skills sharp.

Penske seeks out drivers who are positive brand representatives and who exhibit a strong customer service commitment and pledge toward road safety. Our drivers enjoy outstanding benefits packages and comprehensive onboarding and training programs; well-maintained, late-model trucks and trailers with the latest safety and technology; 24/7 support from our own roadside assistance team; and a North American network of over 2,900 truck leasing and rental facilities. Penske drivers are highly valued—a strong indicator as to why Penske driver turnover is among the lowest in the industry. Learn more.

Stay Compliant with Changing Regulations

Requirements for transportation companies seem to change on an almost-daily basis. Penske can create a strategic solution that right-sizes your fleet, keeps it safe, well-maintained and compliant, and runs it all using a combination of operator expertise, proven processes and industry-leading technology. Because Penske is a leader in the truck leasing industry, you can rest assured that we will always keep your fleet safe and compliant. Additionally, we stay up to date on all of the industry's changing regulations, from ELD and hours of service requirements to environmental considerations. You will no longer need to worry about being compliant because we will make sure you are.

Reduce Overhead Costs

Buying new equipment and keeping it operating at peak efficiency is expensive and can be unpredictable. And with the way technology is constantly changing, enjoying and maintaining the latest technology is extremely challenging. At Penske, we are experts at buying and maintaining cutting-edge transportation solutions and finding the best fit for every customer.

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